Sudairi Seven

The Sudairi Seven is a powerful alliance of seven brothers from the House of Saud, consisting of the seven sons of Ibn Saud and Hussa bint Ahmed al-Sudairi. The brothers are King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin Abdulaziz, Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Nayef bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Turki II bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, King Salman I of Saudi Arabia, and Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al-Saud. The brothers came to rule Saudi Arabia when Fahd became King in 1982, and the Sudairi clan would come to rule Saudi Arabia during the ensuing decades. Its reign was marked by authoritarianism and strict Wahhabist social conservatism, although King Salman allowed for women to drive and lifted a ban on cinemas, both in 2017.